[Abdominal acute pain as initial symptom of invasive meningococcus serogroup A illness]

Arch Argent Pediatr. 2011 Apr;109(2):e39-41. doi: 10.1590/S0325-00752011000200015.
[Article in Spanish]

Abstract

The abdominal acute pain as an initial symptom of meningococcemia is an infrequent entity rarely described in the literature. We present a 10 month-old infant with fever and acute abdominal pain, who was admitted in Emergency Care. Later, Neisseria meningitidis serogroup A was isolated from blood cultures.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Abdominal Pain / etiology
  • Acute Disease
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Meningococcal Infections / complications
  • Meningococcal Infections / diagnosis*
  • Neisseria meningitidis, Serogroup A*